Short-Staple Cotton; a more plentiful form of cotton
Factors: what brokers were called in the south
3-5 Important Ideas
1. The development of Short-Staple Cotton that increased the cotton production in the south to meet the demands of the north.
2. Expansion of Slavery was due to the fact that cotton was largly in demand because slave lavor was the cheepest form of labor
3. Agricultural Expansion: there was also growth in other technolgical areas of the south.
Summary/Main Idea Statement
The souths economy relied on the production of cotton which was increased by short-staple cotton and relied on slave labor to be abundantly profitable.
Catherine, John
The Cotton Economy Chapter 11 Section 1
Key Terms
Short-staple Cotton- It was a hardier and coarser strain of cotton that could grow successfully in a variety of climates and soils.
James D. B. De Bow- Created a magazine that called for southern commercial and agriculture expansion, and economic independence from the north.
De Bows commercial review- Was filled with advertisements from northern manufacturing firms, and its circulation was far smaller in the south than such northern magazines as Harpers Weekly.
3-5 Important Ideas
The Rise of King Cotton-
There was a decline in the tobacco economy.
The rice demanded substantial irrigation and a long growing season.
The sugar required intensive labor and a long growing period.(it was also expersive)
farmers turned to cotton as there number one crop, causing the rise of cotton production.
Southern Trade and Industry-
A growth in flour milling, iron and textile manufacturing.
The south was becoming more dependent on manufacturers, merchants, and professionals from the north.
There was no transportation systems that allowd them to saftely send their crops across the country.
Sources of Southern Difference-
People in the northeast turned to manufacturing as the agriculture economy declined.
Wealthy southerners has so much captial invested in their land, and their slaves that they didnt have much money left to invest in other things.
Summary/Main Idea Statement
While the north was the land of industry the south used its cotton to achieve economic greatness during the antebellum period.
Sarah Lapierre Steph Sales
Chapter 11 Section 1
2. Expansion of Slavery was due to the fact that cotton was largly in demand because slave lavor was the cheepest form of labor
3. Agricultural Expansion: there was also growth in other technolgical areas of the south.
Catherine, John
Chapter 11 Section 1
James D. B. De Bow- Created a magazine that called for southern commercial and agriculture expansion, and economic independence from the north.
De Bows commercial review- Was filled with advertisements from northern manufacturing firms, and its circulation was far smaller in the south than such northern magazines as Harpers Weekly.
- There was a decline in the tobacco economy.
- The rice demanded substantial irrigation and a long growing season.
- The sugar required intensive labor and a long growing period.(it was also expersive)
- farmers turned to cotton as there number one crop, causing the rise of cotton production.
Southern Trade and Industry-- A growth in flour milling, iron and textile manufacturing.
- The south was becoming more dependent on manufacturers, merchants, and professionals from the north.
- There was no transportation systems that allowd them to saftely send their crops across the country.
Sources of Southern Difference-Sarah Lapierre Steph Sales